insurrection Copy link Outline 1. rĕbellio, ōnis, f. (renewal of war by a conquered people)2. mōtus, ūs (a political movement, a rising)3. dēfectio. v. REVOLT.4. oft. expr. by bellum cf. Caes. B. G. 7, 1, de bello consilia inire, i. e. to concert measures for a general i.5. sēdĭtio (a party movement in a state, civil strife and discord)6. tŭmultus, ūs (a violent movement, esp. of the Gauls or slaves)7. insurrectio (Gr. ἐπανάστασις • insurrection: 1. rĕbellio, ōnis, f. (renewal of war by a conquered people): v. revolt. 2. mōtus, ūs (a political movement, a rising): a formidable servile i., magnus servilis m., Liv. 39, 29: he feared an i. in Gaul, m. Galliae verebatur, Caes. B. G. 5, 5, extr. 3. dēfectio. v. revolt. 4. oft. expr. by bellum cf. Caes. B. G. 7, 1, de bello consilia inire, i. e. to concert measures for a general i.: so, bellum parare, ib. 6, 2. More precisely, bellum ac defectio, ib. 6, 3, med. 5. sēdĭtio (a party movement in a state, civil strife and discord): cf. Liv. 6, 16, med., jamque haud procul seditione res erat, matters were very near coming to an i. (viz. by reason of the popular indignation at the treatment of Manlius): to excite an i., s. movere, Vell. 2, 68 v. sedition, mutiny. 6. tŭmultus, ūs (a violent movement, esp. of the Gauls or slaves): a servile i., servilis t., Cic. B. G. 1, 40 an i. in Istria, t. Istricus, Liv. 41, 6, init.: Cic. 7. insurrectio (Gr. ἐπανάστασις: late and rare) Gloss. Philox. Phr. to stir up states to i., civitates sollicitare, Caes. B. G. 8, 23; so, of slaves, servos sollicitare spe libertatis, Nep. Paus. 3, fin.